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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i7-6700HQ can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description: Intel HD Graphics 530
Class: Laptop
Socket: FCBGA1440
Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.5 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 45 W
TDP Down: 35 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, Intel Core i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2015
CPUmark/$Price: 17.25
Overall Rank:
2024th fastest in multithreading out of 5777 CPUs
2005th fastest in single threading out of 5777 CPUs
479th fastest in out of 1609 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $378.00 USD (2015-07-01)
| Integer Math | 20,801 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 12,917 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 21 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 11,678 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,221 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 91,060 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 480 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 5,941 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,914 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,261 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,699 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,631 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,761 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,011 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,484 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,641 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,133 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,599 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,396 | |
| Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz | 6,520 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.28 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.03 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.41 | |
| Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz | 17.25 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.04 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,516 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,505 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,023 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,004 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,888 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,616 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,588 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,392 | |
| Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz | 1,914 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3270179 - Feb 07 2026 | 6858 | |
| BL3269857 - Feb 07 2026 | 7187 | |
| BL3269640 - Feb 07 2026 | 6946 | |
| BL3265159 - Feb 05 2026 | 6467 | |
| BL3264395 - Feb 05 2026 | 7288 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,770 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,423 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,999 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 8,984 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 7,918 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 7,871 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,768 | |
| Intel Core Ultra X9 388H | 7,303 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,301 | |
| AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392 | 7,148 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 6,906 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,751 | |
| Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz | 661 |